Flying Into Dhaka- First Impressions of Bangladesh

[Flynn Swagmire]

Thats because bengledash had 24 years less than pakistan!!!! In 15 years bengledash will have the most olympic medals in the world because they are monoethnic country.

wanna hear some good words about India and yourself?

 

[bluesky]

Dacca Bangladesh...

These and earlier posted pictures pretty much debunks the myth and rebukes the wrong portrayal of Dacca by the thread starter and the two videos by the back packer Gora...

Dacca is an emerging, vibrant, cosmopolitan city and the architecture actually of mid to low rise buildings are very modern, minimal, and vernacular.

Dhaka may not lack in modern buildings and wide roads. However, many footpaths are in broken shape, the roads lack an efficient road crossing system and the traffic light system does not work. The City lacks a proper system to transport people, a functional storm water drainage system, a proper garbage collection system etc.

The entire City is littered with millions of tons of thrown away garbage. Plastic, ropes, jute sacks, worn out clothes, pet bottles, pebbles, torn papers, bags and anything you wish to get free of cost, you can get it in the Dhaka streets. Just pick it up, it is yours.

More to the above, Dhaka lacks much needed distributary lanes, and the existing lanes are too narrow for two rickswas to cross each other. The drains in these lanes are without concrete covers and are like filthy open gutters. There are hundred other things in Dhaka and other towns of BD that should stop us from calling ourselves a civilized nation.

 

[Khan_21]

Which cricket team?
The one which is filled with corruption!

The one that just won ICC Champions trophy this year and 2 other world cups in the past . How about yours ? Debut since 1999 but still minnows and keep on blaming the umpires for your loss .

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Dhaka may not lack in modern buildings and wide roads. However, many footpaths are in broken shape, the roads lack an efficient road crossing system and the traffic light system does not work.

It runs in the family...the Indian Pakistan and Bangladesh cities has similar problems w.r.t to civic sense, garbage collection by municipalities, more than that not throwing the garbage on streets. Open drains and broken footpaths...many similar things...after all India, Pakistan, B'desh was one country.

Having said that some Pakistan cities particularly Islamabad and Lahore and even some small cities like Bahawalpur, Multan, Abottabad and other are relatively clean( I am sure smaller Bangladesh cities are cleaner too, which doesn't have the mass influx of people from the rural areas as Dacca has due to textile industries and construction, many more factors.)

As people tend to have this psychology of not strewing garbage if the area is spotlessly clean...

It starts with own self...you cannot expect others to follow civic responsibilities if I am not following it...but that can all be changed and improved...just a few decades ago cities in China was the dirtiest cities in the world...starts with the change in mindset, positive attitude, positive energy and the thought that this can be done...

Take the example of Singapore....in the sixties per capita income of Singapore was around 500 USD, now in excess of 50,000 USD, mired in drugs and despondency then. We all need leaders like Lee Kuan Yew.

But change do happen...we all can be agents of change.

 

[Nabil365]

The one that just won ICC Champions trophy this year and 2 other world cups in the past . How about yours ? Debut since 1999 but still minnows and keep on blaming the umpires for your loss .

When did you guys won the world cup again?Yeah in the past when it was not as competitive as now.
At least we can blame the umpires unlike your bribe taking squad which does not even give fellow pakistanis the chance to critisise the umpire.

 

[Khan_21]

When did you guys won the world cup again?Yeah in the past when it was not as competitive as now.
At least we can blame the umpires unlike your bribe taking squad which does not even give fellow pakistanis the chance to critisise the umpire.

1992 - 50 overs
2009 - T20 World Cup
2016 - Champions Trophy
1999 - Finalists

and countless semi finals . 1999 - 2015 you lost 30 games on the trot against us . Am not even going to go into our illustrious Hockey or Squash History where we revolutionised and dominated for Decades . Bangladesh is a weak Sporting Nation is a fact .

 

[Avicenna]

You guys are ridiculously immature. Both sides.

To the OP though, why all this animosity towards Bengalis?

 

[Jlaw]

Seems like this poster has been used by some Bangladeshi boy wherever she lives hence the obsessed weirdo can't stop trolling like a retard. I've used plenty of them in my young teen-adulthood days living in newham! they are easy just like goris. Easy to pull, use and leave.

Indians need to resort to their white Masters opinions. They are too poor themselves to see the world because let's face it 1700 us per year doesn't allow for that.
Of course these white Masters will compare everywhere they go to Monaco. On a positive note the children werebplaying in clean water unlike Indians bathing in Ganges river where dogs can turn blue

 

[UKBengali]

Indians need to resort to their white Masters opinions. They are too poor themselves to see the world because let's face it 1700 us per year doesn't allow for that.
Of course these white Masters will compare everywhere they go to Monaco. On a positive note the children werebplaying in clean water unlike Indians bathing in Ganges river where dogs can turn blue

This was one of the less developed parts of Dhaka.

Let me tell you that there are some parts of large Western cities like London and Vienna that look very run down and dirty. I was in Vienna in July and was a little shocked at how dirty it was since it always come at the top or near the top for quality of living.

 

[Avicenna]

Go to places like Philadelphia. Big difference between NE Philadelphia, crackhouses and burned out buildings and Old City.

One video is evidence of nothing.

 

[bluesky]

This was one of the less developed parts of Dhaka.

Let me tell you that there are some parts of large Western cities like London and Vienna that look very run down and dirty. I was in Vienna in July and was a little shocked at how dirty it was since it always come at the top or near the top for quality of living.

Yes, only some parts of western cities may be dirty and broken, but majority of our roads are dirty and without discipline. I cannot remember I saw any pedestrian, bus or CNG 3-wheeler in Dhaka is following any traffic rules and there are almost no traffic signal/rule at all in Dhaka. When this indiscipline is almost universal in Dhaka, we can say that the dirty roads/indiscipline in the western cities are certainly very exceptional.

 

[Avicenna]

Yes, only some parts of western cities may be dirty and broken, but majority of our roads are dirty and without discipline. I cannot remember I saw any pedestrian, bus or CNG 3-wheeler in Dhaka is following any traffic rules and there are almost no traffic signal/rule at all in Dhaka. When this indiscipline is almost universal in Dhaka, we can say that the dirty roads/indiscipline in the western cities are certainly very exceptional.

This is very much true. Whats the solution?

 

[livingdead]

This is very much true. Whats the solution?

its unfair to compare with rich countries which have developed to get high standard of living and the civic sense & law enforcement that comes with it.

 

[xyxmt]

The wealthiest province of the Mughal Empire was Bengal Subah, which generated 50% of the empire's GDP and 12% of the world's GDP,[50] globally dominant in industries such as textile manufacturingand shipbuilding.[51][52][53] Bengal's capital city Dhakawas the empire's financial capital, with a population exceeding a million people, and an exporter of silkand cotton textiles, steel, saltpeter, and agriculturaland industrial produce.[50]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_India

Dhaka used to be one of the most beautiful cities.

thats true, Dhaka used to be the most beautiful city of United Pakistan. I wonder who was spending money there I am sure it wasnt Pakistani govt since they were busy looting

 

[Michael Corleone]

This

Pakistan has Achieved things which Bangladesh can only dream . For starters it can be as simple as having a decent cricket team

youre right. We didn't nearly bankrupt our nation pursuing nuclear bombs.

thats true, Dhaka used to be the most beautiful city of United Pakistan. I wonder who was spending money there I am sure it wasnt Pakistani govt since they were busy looting

The British left it destroyed. Of all what was left, ignorance during Pakistan era and post war took it to a terrible place.


Planned parts of Dhaka which is being rebuilt is very minimalistic and nice though. I would hope this continues in the future.